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Air pollution is a serious problem in many cities. Motor vehicles, factories and other sources create so much air pollution that it may hang in the air like dirty fog. Air pollution threatens the health of the people who live in cities. City wastes cause water pollution when they are poured into the waterways. These wastes kill fish and make some areas unfit for swimming. In addition, many large cities have difficulties in disposing of their garbage. The amount of garbage grows each year, but places to put it are quickly filling up. Citizens, governments, industries, scientists, and business people must work together in different ways to gradually reduce pollution. For example, most cities have introduced recycling programs, which cut down on garbage and the space needed to store it. Residents separate recyclable products from garbage, and city governments provide drop-off cities or pick up the products from homes.

1. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Air pollution is a serious problem in all cities.      B. Air pollution is a serious problem in countries.

C. Air pollution is a serious problem in many cities.

D. Air pollution is a serious problem with the governments.

2. According to the passage, city wastes cause ________.

A. air pollution                  B. water pollution    C. soil pollution       D. noise pollution

3. What does the word "it" in the passage refer to?

A.        garbage                 B. pollution             C. water                  D. problem

4. The word "different" is closest in meaning to ________.

A. like                                B. same                  C. similar                D. various

Đọc đoạn văn sau và trả lời các câu hỏi. 

            Jeans are considered to be the most popular kind of clothing in the world. They are popular almost everywhere and with everybody because they are not just practical but very fashionable as well. But what do you know about the history of jeans? Who made the first jeans?

            In 1850 Levi Strauss, a young immigrant from Germany, arrived in San Francisco. He came to sell canvas, a heavy fabric used for tents, to gold miners. One day Strauss saw that the miners needed strong clothes for work. He quickly took some of his canvas and made it into pants. These pants were very strong and lasted a long time. The pants became very popular immediately. Later Strauss wanted to make his pants even better, so he started making his pants from cotton cloth that was softer than canvas but just as strong. This fabric came from Nimes, a city in France, and was called ‘denim’ (from de Nimes). Denim was popular in the fifteenth century. Christopher Columbus used denim for the sails of his ships. Sailors in Genoa, Italy, wore denim pants. The word ‘jeans’ comes from the word ‘Genoa’. Mr. Strauss made the first jeans in the United States, but their name and their kind of cloth came from Italy and France.

1. Why do jeans become popular?

2. According to the reading, what did the gold miners buy?

3. Does the word "jeans" come from "de Nimes"?

4. Where were the first jeans made?

Chọn một phương án đúng (A, B, C hoặc D) để điền vào chỗ trống trong đoạn văn sau.

One thing that was really a turning point for me was when I learned Spanish. I was always kind of scared of learning a foreign language, yet I was really envious of kids (1) ______ could speak another language. When I started learning Spanish, (2) ______, I found that I was pretty good at it. The moment I reached that breakthrough stage - you know, when you discover you can actually speak and (3) ______ with people in the language - I felt really proud of myself. I realized that learning a foreign language was not an impossible thing after all. Now I can speak three: Spanish, Italian, and German. And I am (4) ______ Korean this year.

1. A. who                           B. which                 C. whom                D. what

2. A. therefore                   B. however             C. though              D. but

3. A. practice                     B. express              C. communicate   D. tell

4. A. doing                         B. making               C. taking               D. speaking